Example sentences of "ask [pers pn] not [to-vb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a matter of fact , I nearly asked you not to bring this round . |
| 2 | The court heard that her husband had become suspicious early last year and had gone to the National Westminster bank asking them not to release any further cheque books . |
| 3 | The press could provide little enlightenment because all newspapers had received a D-Notice asking them not to print any details about the background to the case . |
| 4 | I asked him not to say any more to me , since at that time I represented the Labour Party and felt it quite possible that if he brought any action I would be called upon to act for them . |
| 5 | ‘ I ask you not to use this word in official correspondence . ’ |
| 6 | The astonished Briton , who recounts the event in this new autobiography , also recalls how his Nazi host remarked to him after the general had finished spouting : ‘ I 'm sure it 's not necessary to ask you not to pass any information on to the Communists . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ The temptation is to give them everything , ’ says Janka Stuttard , the Russian speaker who co-ordinated the visit , ‘ but their parents asked us not to do that because it makes it difficult for them to settle back home . |
| 8 | And Madam I 'd ask you not to make any award for compensation to his girlfriend cos that 's just gon na add insult to injury really , is n't it ? |